CFP: [Film] Storytelling Conventions Panel for International Conference on Narrative at Austin, May 1-4, 2008

full name / name of organization:

Lena Khor

contact email:

lenakhor@mail.utexas.edu

I am looking for scholars who would be interested in forming a 3-4-personpanel on storytelling conventions for the International Conference onNarrative at Austin, May 1-4, 2008. The focus of this panel would be genre,not just in the traditional sense of form (poetry, drama, and prose, ortragedy, comedy, and melodrama), but also more broadly construed in termsof media conventions (Hollywood films, graphic novels, and oraltestimonies). How do these traditional and contemporary storytellingpractices shape (positively or negatively) the story, the storyteller andthe audience? How have various authors or media sought to influence(successfully and unsuccessfully) the audienceâ€™s response to particularhistorical or contemporary events or issues (national and global) byplaying with the available storytelling conventions?

Proposals for 15-20-minute papers relating to this topic or questions areinvited from scholars in Literary Studies, Film Studies, Media Studies,Cultural Studies, and other fields.

Please send a 200-250-word proposal with the paperâ€™s title to Lena Khor(lenakhor_at_mail.utexas.edu) before September 15, 2007. Please include youraffiliation, mailing address, phone/fax, email address, and a brief CV (nomore than 2-3 pages).